SULFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfa mean? 

• SULFA (noun)
  The noun SULFA has 1 sense:

1. antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA

  Familiarity information: SULFA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SULFA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sulfa; sulfa drug; sulfonamide; sulpha

Hypernyms ("sulfa" is a kind of...):

antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulfa"):

Sulamyd; sulfacetamide (a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections)

sulfadiazine (a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections)

sulfamethazine; sulfamezathine (a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine)

Gantanol; sulfamethoxazole (a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract))

sulfanilamide (a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs)

sulfapyridine (sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide)

Gantrisin; sulfisoxazole (a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract)

Thiosulfil (trade name for a sulfonamide antibacterial)